UK satellite Twinkle will boost search for Earth-like exoplanets
Monday, July 27, 2015 - 06:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's recent discovery of 12 more exoplanets, including the most Earth-like yet, brings the number of exoplanets – those outside our solar system – discovered to nearly 2,000. It's now thought that almost every star has a planetary system, with Earth just one of several billion planets in our galaxy alone.